Kara Yorio

Organizations and conservative school boards that champion censorship attempts have broadened their messaging to target public library funding and professional conferences for school and public librarians.

The editor of the most challenged book in America discusses the censorship uproar over the graphic memoir, its impact, and the role of publishers in these times.

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom released its annual list of most challenged titles Monday. For 2022, the Top 10 has expanded to 13 and Maia Kobabe's graphic novel memoir takes the top spot for the second year in a row.

The librarian at Mount Vernon Middle School in Raleigh, NC, has created a welcoming and inclusive space while building a reflective collection and empowering academic-recovery students.

Here is a look at the strategies and messaging in eight states with recent bills to remove the prosecution exemption for librarians and educators in current obscenity laws.

At least 17 states have proposed legislation that would remove the defense of prosecution exemption for librarians and educators under obscenity laws.

Kaye Johnson brought a statement from George M. Johnson, the author of All Boys Aren't Blue, which was one of six titles a group wanted removed from the public library. The Board of Trustees decided that all six titles will remain on the shelves at the Glen Ridge Public Library.

The author's debut was a Printz honor book, along with winning the young adult category of the Stonewall Awards and the Sydney Taylor Book Awards at the 2030 Youth Media Awards.

From Virginia Florence, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a library science degree, to Clara Stanton Jones, the first Black president of the American Library Association, pioneers of the profession.